THE COMESA Secretariat has announced that eight of its member states, including Zambia, are set to encounter serious trade challenges due to new reciprocal tariffs instituted by the US government. The Secretariat says key exports from COMESA, such as Kenyan textile products and Zambian copper, will face inflated prices in the U.S. market, while prices of essential capital goods from the U.S. will rise. In a statement issued by its Corporate Communications Unit, the COMESA Secretariat indicated that the resulting high production costs and consumer prices in the U.S. would likely contract its economy and further depress demand for exports from COMESA countries. “The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat has announced that eight of its Member...